TULSA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Tulsa Community College is a community college in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is the largest two-year college in Oklahoma with an operating budget of over $80 million. It was founded in 1970 under the original name of Tulsa Junior College, and has four campuses: Metro, Northeast, Southeast, and West, all in Tulsa.
At present it serves 27,000 students annually in credit courses and 5,000 more in corporate
training and continuing education classes.
'DIVERSITY'
•25 percent of TCC’s enrollment is made up of minority
populations.
•TCC ranks 2nd in the nation in granting associate degrees
to Native American students.
•TCC provides multi-cultural experiences for students such
as the Red Fork Native American Film Festival, Global
Festival, Hispanic Luncheon, and Day of Vision, as well as
a multi-cultural curriculum emphasis.
•TCC students, through the College's community outreach
and service learning programs, have made service
contributions worth $1.5 million to the Greater Tulsa
community over the past three years.
'THE ARTS'
•The Signature Symphony at TCC plays throughout the year
at the VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education on
the Southeast Campus, offering classical and pops.
'ACADEMICS'
•TCC nursing graduates have a first-time 93 percent pass
rate for the National Council Licensure Examination for
Registered Nurses.
•TCC’s veterinary technology graduates maintain a
98 percent national and 100 percent state pass rate on
credentialing examinations. TCC’s 2005 graduates rank the
highest in Oklahoma and surpass the national averages
in all testing categories.
•Approximately 1,100 students are enrolled in Honors
classes.
•TCC ranks 18th in the nation among 1,150 two-year
colleges in the number of associate degrees granted.
•TCC ranks among the top 30 colleges nationally in
granting education degrees. In fall 2005, TCC had
940 education majors.
•Twenty percent of the state’s nurses are graduates of
TCC’S nursing program, which is committed to helping
meet the critical shortage of nurses in Oklahoma.

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References

★ 1 "NET ASSETS OF FOUNDATIONS" ''tulsaworld.com'' retrieved December 26, 2006

External links

★ Tulsa Community College

★ Oklahoma higher Education Institution Fact Sheet